Crime and Punishment (Vintage Classic Russians Series)

　　俄國文豪杜斯妥也夫斯基最深刻、最富現實意義的作品。
　　以犀利的筆觸無情地剖析當代俄國的社會現實，
　　深入觸及社會底層的各個角落，
　　走投無路，就是本書的主旋律……

　　十九世紀俄國大文豪杜斯妥也夫斯基的代表作之一。本書描寫一心想成為拿破崙式的人物、認定自己是個超人的窮大學生拉斯柯爾尼科夫，受無政府主義思想毒害，為生計所迫，殺死放高利貸的房東老太婆和她的無辜的妹妹，製造了一起震驚全俄的兇殺案。經歷了一場內心痛苦的懺悔後，他最終在基督徒索尼雅的規勸下，投案自首，被判流放西伯利亞。

　　本書著重表現主角行兇後良心受到譴責，內心深感孤獨、恐懼的精神狀態，刻畫他犯罪前後的心理變化。小說一方面描繪了俄國下層人民的悲慘生活，揭露貴族社會的罪惡；一方面也宣揚逆來順受，從宗教中求解脫的思想。

　　* 本書中譯本<<罪與罰>>由遠足文化出版

　　TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY

　　Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny, immured in poverty and deprivation, Rashkolnikov is drawn to commit a terrible crime. In the aftermath, Rashkolnikov is dogged by madness, guilt and a calculating detective, and a feverish cat-and-mouse game unfolds. The only hope for redemption, if Rashkolnikov can but recognise it, lies in the virtuous and faithful Sonya.

　　The Vintage Classic Russians Series: Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, these are must-have, beautifully designed editions of six epic masterpieces that have survived controversy, censorship and suppression to influence decades of thought and artistic expression.

作者簡介

杜斯妥也夫斯基  （1821-1881）

　　俄國作家，著有《窮人》、《罪與罰》、《白痴》、《卡拉馬佐夫兄弟》等作品，影響了二十世紀多位作家，包括福克納、卡繆、卡夫卡等，和托爾斯泰、屠格涅夫並稱為俄羅斯文學「三巨頭」。

　　Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer. His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. After a mock-execution his sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia where he developed epilepsy.He was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead was based on these experiences. In 1857 he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release he adopted more conservative and traditional values and rejected his previous socialist position. In the following years he spent a lot of time abroad, struggled with an addiction to gambling and fell deeply in debt. His wife died in 1864 and he married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina. In the following years he published his most enduring and successful books, includingCrime and Punishment (1865). He died on 9th February 1881.